Definition of jesuit Jesuit

/ʤɛˈʒuɪt/ - [jeshuit] - Jes•u•it

We found 7 definitions of jesuit from 5 different sources.

What does jesuit mean?

Noun
jesuit - a member of the Jesuit order
		religious a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
		jesuit order, society of jesus a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen; it is strongly committed to education and scholarship

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jesuit (Noun)
A member of the Society of Jesus .
jesuit (Adjective)
Of, relating to, or characteristic of this society or its members.

jesuit (n.)
One of a religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola, and approved in 1540, under the title of The Society of Jesus.
jesuit (n.)
Fig.: A crafty person; an intriguer.

jesuit
A member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1534.

jesuit
jez′ū-it, n. a member of the famous religious order, the Society of Jesus, founded in 1534 by Ignatius Loyola: a crafty or insidious person, an intriguer.—v.t. to make a Jesuit of.—adjs. Jesuit′ic, -al.—adv. Jesuit′ically.—ns. Jes′uitism, Jesuitry: the principles and practices of the Jesuits: cunning: deceit; Jesuitoc′racy, government by Jesuits; Jes′uitry, Jesuitism.—Jesuits' bark, cinchona, because introduced to Rome by Jesuit missionaries